Scottish Labour and British Labour are on a roll. It might not be seen as a positive by many in the SNP and for independence, but this is good news…
13 Oct, 2023
Elections
02 Jun, 2023
The illusion of ‘one person one vote’
In a fair two-party voting system, whoever gets the most votes wins, even if it’s by one vote, and a result can be as close as 51% to 49%. But…
22 May, 2023
Local elections 2023: What happened, why, and how we win again
As the dust settles on the 2023 local elections one thing is clear: cooperation is the future of our politics. It wasn’t that either Labour, the Lib Dems or the…
02 Feb, 2023
Why Gordon Brown’s constitutional reforms need PR
Last year Gordon Brown launched his long-awaited report on the future of the UK constitution. One of the major criticisms of his proposals is that they do not include electoral…
29 Jan, 2023
A Progressive Future for Waverley
This is the common programme written by South West Surrey Compass ahead of the 2023 Council Elections. To read the full story of South West Surrey Compass, click here. WHO…
07 Sep, 2022
“Entropy, entropy, they’ve all got into entropy”
I'm writing this on my first day back at work after a fortnight of rest and truly revitalising food for the soul, and I know that I am immensely privileged…
18 Jun, 2021
Chesham and Amersham: tactical voting beats the Tories
Photo by Liberal Democrats on FlickrCreative Commons The Tories can be beaten. But not by any one party on their own. Last night’s Chesham and Amersham by-election result was a…
09 Apr, 2021
We need a Progressive Alliance to shift the Overton window
Mark E Thomas of the 99% Organisation on how a Progressive Alliance can seize the narrative back from the hard right. In the UK, we have a government whose former…
08 May, 2019
A Progressive Alliance for the 2019 European elections? Compass says no.
Several of our members and supporters have been in touch to ask whether Compass will take the lead in a ‘progressive alliance’ campaign for the European elections in the UK,…
28 Mar, 2018
Dutch social democracy has hit rock-bottom. Rejoice!
Why a progressive alliance is the key to renewal for the PvdA. Across Europe, social democracy is in unprecedented decline. The French PS was irrelevant at last year’s presidential and…